Posts by Dr Who Fan

1) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113906)
Posted 1 day ago by Dr Who Fan
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On one task, the estimated time of completion has already passed and yet it keeps getting earlier!

I have seen same "feature" in Efmer's BOINC tasks monitoring program on occasion.

I don't think BOINC can properly compute this type of issue. Maybe open a ticket in Git to have the developers look at it.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Is there any incompatibility issue between android client versions 7.24.1 & 8.0.0 and Exynos 1480? (Message 113904)
Posted 1 day ago by Dr Who Fan
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Problem is with Asteroids tasks, not BOINC. I see immediate failed tasks from the project across several of my Android device and it goes in spurts.

All my Android device use latest V8 BOINC.
3) Message boards : Projects : Anything and Everything to do with (WCG) World Community Grid (Message 113902)
Posted 2 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Now who broke what at WCG? Tried to go to the forums..
503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.

Must of been another temporary server burp... Forums & login page have recently returned.
4) Message boards : Projects : Anything and Everything to do with (WCG) World Community Grid (Message 113901)
Posted 2 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Now who broke what at WCG? Tried to go to the forums..
503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinc is using only 30 or 40 % of new processor capacity ...? Can you help me ...? (Message 113896)
Posted 5 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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BOINC by default will only use the "P"-Performance Cores, of which your processor only has 6.

Some of the limitations are also Operating System (Windows, Linux) and software (BOINC in this instance) dependent.

I'm not a programmer/developer so I'm going to post some reading material below to help you understand the current limitations.

See official CPU specs:
Intel® Core™ i5 processor 14500 SPECS
CPU Specifications
Total Cores
14

# of Performance-cores
6

# of Efficient-cores
8

Total Threads
20

In layman's terms that is 6 real cores, 6 hyper thread cores & 8 Efficient-cores.

How to Geek explanation of the various core definitions:
What Are P-Cores and E-Cores on an Intel CPU?

Early-Adopter Problems
Since mixing different CPUs is a relatively new thing for x86 CPUs, there are some rough edges to be aware of in the early days. Developers of PC software previously haven't had reason to expect more than one type of CPU in a computer, so their software isn't aware of the difference between a P- and E- core. In general, this isn't an issue because the operating system assigns software threads to CPUs as needed, but there have been reports of some software (such as Denuvo) crashing or behaving strangely on these new CPU designs.

...

To sum it all up, here are the key facts you should know:

* Hybrid-architecture CPUs have both high-performance and high-efficiency cores.

* The efficiency cores save power and free up performance cores to concentrate on the most demanding tasks.

* PC software designed for traditional CPUs may get a little confused by hybrid CPUs until software patches arrive.

* You'll need the latest version of Windows to make the most of these CPUs, at least until older operating systems are updated
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6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Suspend not working properly (Message 113883)
Posted 6 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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I wondered if it was the specific project that was broken but now I have seen it happen on different projects.

I my self have not seen this problem on Windows or Linux. More than likely it is PROJECT SPECIFIC.

Best to report it to Milkyway@home as an APPLICATION SPECIFIC BUG if you encounter it again. When reporting the bug to them, try to include as much information as possible.
7) Message boards : The Lounge : These are no longer with us, may they have peace. (Message 113877)
Posted 7 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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O.J. Simpson "The Juice" - dead at age 76, Cancer.
8) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 113876)
Posted 9 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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2 projects down right now:
IThena measure (NCI apps) - Unreachable.
net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

WuProp - Database is off-line...
Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/2002): Connection refused in /web/sebastien/projects/wuproj/html/inc/db_conn.inc on line 39
Database backups most likely cause. Will come back in probably 4 to 6 hours.

Edit... iThena website resurfaced a few minutes after posting.
9) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113870)
Posted 11 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Looks like SETI website is AWOL again "503 error. Time out reached. Page not available"
10) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113867)
Posted 12 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Grumble... Is someone rigging the Powerball lottery?
Powerball $1.3B lottery drawing delayed over ‘pre-draw procedures’
Published April 6, 2024, 11:40 p.m. ET
Don’t rip up your tickets yet!

Saturday night’s massive $1.3 billion Powerball drawing was delayed, putting life-changing dreams on hold for eager players.

The numbers were supposed to be drawn at 10:59 p.m. — but the numbers were still pending by 11:30 p.m.

Powerball said in a statement that the delay was due to one participating lottery needing “additional time to complete required pre-draw procedures, which have been enacted to protect the security and integrity of the Powerball game.”

Every single ticket sold nationwide must be checked and verified against two different computer systems before the numbers are drawn, Powerball said
.

Almost 1 hour since the message and still no drawing!
11) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113863)
Posted 13 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Was trying to post the following..
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocks New York City, tri-state area
A rare earthquake shook the New York area Friday morning, rattling parts of the Big Apple, Connecticut and New Jersey.

The preliminary 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Lebanon, New Jersey, around 10:23 a.m., according to the US Geological Survey.

Tremors could be felt as far north as New Paltz, New York and as far south as Delaware.
12) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113862)
Posted 13 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Grumble...
The webpage at https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_reply.php?thread=85987 could not be loaded because:
net::ERR_TIMED_OUT
It's been slow on & off last 1-2 days...
13) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 113853)
Posted 19 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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SETI message boards are either slow to load or time out... Time to flush whatever is clogging the pipes out.
14) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Mannager completely empty (Message 113841)
Posted 21 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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WCG task availably is a hit or miss it seems right now.

Yesterday and Tuesday they were having server issues causing problems creating new work along with the startup of a big contest called "The Computation Moonshot" described here: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/article.s?articleId=810.

Check your preference to make sure that you have selected more than one sub project & CPU/GPU might help.

* Last few days I only received CPU work for Mapping Cancer Markers (MCM)... I don't know about GPU work as I don't have a GPU. *

It's always best to check the specific project forums (when available) first before posting here to see what others are saying. Could save you time going back and forth between multiple places to get an answer.
15) Message boards : The Lounge : These are no longer with us, may they have peace. (Message 113833)
Posted 22 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Joe Lieberman, Fiercely Independent Sen. and Onetime Dem VP Nominee, Dies at 82
16) Message boards : Android : How do I know if my device is too old? Is there a specific message? (Message 113814)
Posted 25 days ago by Dr Who Fan
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Einstein has work available. The type of work for Android:
Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT) (BRP4)

Log in to your account and from top menu click Preferences, (or follow link https://einsteinathome.org/account/prefs/project).

Then make sure you have selected the correct venue (Preference set) from drop down menu (default, home, school, work) that your Android device is set to receive work from. If you have not changed it it should be under default.

Then click on Project on top menu, scroll down to APPLICATIONS, check the box for what is in bold above, scroll down to end of page and click on save.

Perform a project update on the Android device for Einstein.

It should start to receive work for the project on the next time it asks for more work.
17) Message boards : Projects : Anything and Everything to do with (WCG) World Community Grid (Message 113793)
Posted 20 Mar 2024 by Dr Who Fan
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Based on forum posts at WCG is Having server issue causing a shortage of work.

They are aware of it trying to get it working again
.

As you can see by this topic, it's a semi regular occurrence for them to have server problems.

The tech team are currently working on fixing an issue with the create Work process, which is responsible for the shortage in WUs at this time. In attempting to fix this issue, the feeder went down temporarily yesterday. The tech team will provide an update about this issue soon.
18) Message boards : Questions and problems : lost team points on march 13th (Message 113787)
Posted 18 Mar 2024 by Dr Who Fan
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As I had posted on the Shoutbox at Boincstats on 2024-03-14 01:46:00 UTC
Willy at made a correction to correct problem with LHC & LHC-dev points mixup.

See the full topic at Boincstats about the points mix-up
https://www.boincstats.com/forum/5/13023,1
19) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 113786)
Posted 18 Mar 2024 by Dr Who Fan
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LODA BOINC website still "missing".

I get a strange 404 error if I go to the main LODA PAGE as quoted further below.

I see the developers GitHub page was last worked on/edited 2 days ago.

Logo of the LODA language
LODA Language
404
Page not found :(

The requested page could not be found.

LODA Language
LODA Language
loda@ckrause.org
loda-lang
LODA is an assembly language, a computational model and a tool for mining integer sequences.
20) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 113759)
Posted 11 Mar 2024 by Dr Who Fan
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DENIS@home -- "DATABASE NOT RUNNING" ERROR - about 18 hours now.


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